Fathers
for Justice’s Mike Russo says family courts are unfair to many dads

(Grandview, MO) – “This is a parents’ and children’s
issue, not just a fathers’ issue.”

That is how Mike Russo from the Missouri branch of
Fathers for Justice sees the issue of child custody and child support.

Russo says the family court system in Missouri and
across the country needs to be changed. He and the activist organization want
divorced (or otherwise separated) parents to have equal parenting time as a
rule, as opposed to the typical custodial/non custodial parenting plans
generally in place now.

Referring to money from the federal government
intended for the family court system in the states, Russo says the government
is destroying families for profit, harming children in the process.

Russo also says the system of child support is
unfair. Explaining his opposition to formula-based child support awarded to
custodial parents, Russo says “right now, you reward one parent for taking
children away from the other parent…” and adds “Child support is what I do
when my children are with me.”

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